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Kariba town is the centre of the tourist industry for the Lake Kariba region. [5] Kariba town provides accommodation in various hotels and lodges. There are two casinos in the town. Many of the attractions in Kariba for the tourist are water-based. Fishing, game-viewing and house-boating are the most popular activities.
The Safari Area comprises 13 islands in Lake Kariba, the largest of which are Namembere, Namagwaba and Weather, and 2,130 ha of the Sengwa Peninsular. [ 2 ] The Sibilobilo area is underlain by rocks of the Mesozoic Upper Karoo Group , predominantly sandstones and basalts. [ 3 ]
Lake Kariba is the world's largest artificial lake and reservoir by volume. It lies 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) upstream from the mouth of the Zambezi river on the Indian Ocean , along the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe .
Matusadona National Park includes three distinct ecological areas. The first is Lake Kariba and its shoreline grasslands, the second is the floor of the Zambezi Valley, with its thick jesse, Combretum celastroides, thickets and mopane woodland, and; third, the Escarpment area of Julbernardia and Brachystegia woodlands.
Kariba Airport (IATA: KAB, ICAO: FVKB) is an international airport serving Kariba, Mashonaland West Province, Zimbabwe. It is 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) east of the town, and 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) east of the Kariba Dam , the outlet of Lake Kariba .
Siavonga is a town in the Southern Province of Zambia, lying on the north shore of Lake Kariba. It is Zambia's principal tourism centre for the lake, with accommodation, boating and fishing tours on offer.
Charara is a tourist and agricultural area on the shoreline of Lake Kariba, east of Kariba Town in Kariba (District) in Zimbabwe.There are several tourist accommodation facilities, including the National Anglers’ Union of Zimbabwe site, which hosts the annual Kariba Invitational Tiger Fishing Tournament. [1]
Southern Province is one of Zambia's ten provinces.It is home to Zambia's premier tourist attraction, Mosi-oa-Tunya (Victoria Falls), shared with Zimbabwe.The centre of the province, the Southern Plateau, has the largest area of commercial farmland of any Zambian province, and produces most of the maize crop.